Gruyeres

The day after we got back from Paris we went to Gruyeres, the little village in the canton (state) of Fribourg that specialises in making cheese. At the start, after we paid, we got these strange black things that kind of looked like tv remote controls. Once you set the language, you type in the number of the station you're up to, starting at one, and then hold it to your ear like a complete dork and listen to the comentary. A cow called Cherry explains what cows do (eat grass, pretty much) and how it goes from there and eventually ends up as yummy cheese! It was so corny I couldn't stop laughing and I think a few randoms thought I was a bit strange in the head. But that's okay, because they'll probably never ever see me again, and if they did they won't recognise me. That would be kind of creepy. We got to taste cheese that was 6 months, 8 months and 10 months old. I prefer the 6 month cheese because it's milder and not as dry as the other two. It was actually pretty cool. And I bought a couple of chocolate Swiss Army Knives in the gift shop afterwards. ^^